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The 2-mile long Stanford Linear Accelerator pushes electrons very close to the speed of light. Here we are outside the &quot;klystron gallery&quot; on the north side of the building just east of Highway 280 which you can see on the right side of the panorama.
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The 2-mile long Stanford Linear Accelerator pushes electrons very close to the speed of light. Here we are outside the "klystron gallery" on the south side of the building about 1/2 way down the 2-mile length. This is the longest and straightest building in the world. Behind the building you can see Stanford's Primate ...

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The 2-mile long Stanford Linear Accelerator pushes electrons very close to the speed of light. It is powered by klystron tubes (red cylinders), similar to the tubes in your microwave oven but much more powerful, spaced 40 feet apart. Your microwave klystron produces about 1000 watts of power, while the 250 klystrons of...